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E-Cigarettes & Kids

They're advertised as healthier alternative to your average pack of smokes, but unlike the real ones, there is no way to prevent smoke shops from selling them to minors.

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Updated: 11:06 PM MDT Aug 11, 2013

E-Cigarettes & Kids

They're advertised as healthier alternative to your average pack of smokes, but unlike the real ones, there is no way to prevent smoke shops from selling them to minors.

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WEBVTT AS A HEALTHIER ALTERNATIVE THAN YOUR AVERAGE PACK OF SMOKES. BUT UNLIKE REGULAR CIGARETTES, THERE'S NOTHING TO PREVENT SMOKE SHOPS FROM SELLING E-CIG'S TO YOUR CHILD. ACTION SEVEN NEWS REPORTER MELISSA COLORADO EXPLAINS. NO TAR - NO ASH - JUST VAPOR. USERS LIKE LINDA MONTOYA WILL TELL YOU E-CIGARETTES ARE THE FUTURE. linda Montoya: they're just a lot healthier for you, they smell better, they taste good NO NEED FOR A LIGHTER. JUST A POWER SOCKET. linda Montoya: you just charge it and you're ready to go melissa Colorado: this is what people are actually smoking. Flavored drops. They range from 0 to 36 miligrams of nicotine. 0 has absolutely no nicotine. And 36 is for a person who is used to smoking a pack a day SO IF NICOTINE IS SO ADDICTIVE - WHY ARE THERE NO STATE LAWS RESTRICTING MINORS FROM BUYING E-CIGS? retta Ward/Cabinet secretary of Dept of Health: we don't know what's in e-cigarettes so we don't know what the risks are THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SAYS THEY'RE WAITING TO HEAR FROM THE FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, WHOSE IN CHARGE OF REGULATING E-CIGS. retta Ward/Cabinet Secretary: we're waiting for guidelines from the FDA but we are certainly not recommending e-cigarettes for any group at this point AT PYRO'S SMOKE SHOP IN NORTHEAST ALBUQUERQUE - NO I-D, MEANS NO E-CIGS. tiffany Connolly/Works at Pyro: there's been a few people I've told no to but they were younger kids EVEN THOUGH RESEARCH IS LIMITED, IT DOESN'T TAKE A MEDICAL EXPERT TO KNOW - tiffany Conolly/works at Pyro: there's still nicotine in them, the same as with cigarettes, the nicotine, so I still ID THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SAYS - IF THE F-D-A TELLS STATES THAT E-CIGS ARE A HEALTH HAZARD, THE STATE WILL LIKELY PUSH FOR AGE RESTRICTIONS. DOUG AND SHELLY, BACK TO YOU. THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SAYS, IF YOU WANT TO QUIT CIGARETTES - A HEALTHIER ALTERNATIVE WOULD BE NICOTINE PATCHES AND COMPREHENSIVE COUNSELING.

E-Cigarettes & Kids

They're advertised as healthier alternative to your average pack of smokes, but unlike the real ones, there is no way to prevent smoke shops from selling them to minors.